Way Back!

From June 21, 1879 edition of the La Plata Miner: 145 YEARS AGO: TIMBER FIRES. Molas Buildings Destroyed. For the past three weeks the timber to the south of Silverton has been on fire. The flames have swept over the entire country from the head of the Animas Valley along the Animas river to within a mile and a half of Silverton. ...